All of this great content is simply lost in the noise. There's always some celebritard who vomited on themselves to gobble up the public's attention.

A list of links to the most recent, heinous religiously motivated deeds needs to exist. Not only because it's interesting reading, but because it's evidence of what base ignorance religion really is, in the face of all of the 'my religion never does wrong' retards out there.

I liked having a Religion in the News section, too. It was a very handy place to post interesting news items that might not necessarily require a lot of discussion. Especially quirky little offbeat items. I saw Religion and Society as a place for more "important" topics for discussion. Now I end up having to dump many news items in there by default. Didn't we used to have a "Politics" (or "Religion and Politics"?) section, too? The political items end up getting dumped in Religion and Society, too.

Relevant to the video posted: Damn, THAT'S where I came from. And I KNOW that high school. Damn. I had no clue some idiot girl actually thought that book needs to be banned. I love Ray Bradbury's short stories. I have yet to read Farenheit 451, but it's on the list on "Books that need to be fully read before I die." I'm glad students stood up for that book and didn't let some overly-sensitive religious nut get rid of one of the more influential books.

The idea of "Religion in the News": Yes please. I have to keep scrolling through all the little tid-bits of ideas, chatter, and contemplation in order to get the news section.

AND it would be a way to actively solicit news sharing. After all, though searches can find certain kinds of religiously based violence and insanity all the time, all kinds of other things one might never thing to SEARCH for happen all the time, and could be easily missed unless someone stumbles across a story and mentions it.

And it's not as if this is the only forum in the world. In debates with theistic trollers, it's fun to keep them off balance with REAL WORLD events done in the name of their favorite gods.

You know, the fun way a 'REAL CHRISTIAN' is no longer a 'REAL CHRISTIAN' when they do something horrible, but, you know, they get forgiven, so then they're a 'REAL CHRISTIAN' again?

Yay! for the students who are petitioning to keep the book. I wish the student who spoke on camera would have added "and all those jesus freaks can go speak in tongues at church instead of sticking their foots in the mouths at our school." But, of course, something so brash can't be said in Texas ... well, something so brash against religion cannot be said in Texas.

Father: "... god's name in vain ..." I would love for someone to dig up a video of that same father repeatedly taking the god's name in vain

On a side note, I spent a wonderful day at Lake Conroe relaxing on a boat ride around the lake, swimming, eating, drinking ... all on a lazy day. I had no opportunity to soak up the local culture of Conroe, but the entire place is loaded with churches.

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John 14:2 :: In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.

30 Years for Fatal 'exorcism'. And then they stuffed the little boy's body into a plastic bag for a year. Sounds like the usual religiously inspired child abuse gone wrong...er.

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Believing Jezaih was possessed by a demon, the women gathered all their children in the living room of their apartment on Hobson Road. Each of the children was given a concoction of olive oil and vinegar. The older children threw up after drinking the mix, but Jezaih fought every effort to get him to swallow it, according to testimony.

According to court documents, Hawkins held the toddler’s legs and said a prayer while Latisha Lawson poured it down his throat, holding his mouth closed so he couldn’t spit it out.

Thanks for posting the story about the Spanish pilgrim being hit by a car.I think there are far too many stories about religion in the news to post them all. Personally I appreciate the outrageous and ironic stories.Isn't olive oil and vinegar a recipe for salad dressing? I wonder where they got the idea that it would work for exorcism too.

Target: Pick the IRS, and all those right-wingers who hate ALL Muslims would be cheering the effort.

Method: RC Planes? Even with big ones, PACKED with explosives, these would most likely cause relatively little damage to the pentagon. It's a big, solidly built building. Go rent a REAL plane, load it up with whatever you like, and fly it into the building yourself. Bug smashers are utterly unregulated, and one REAL airplane would do more damage then 20 RC planes, assuming you could reach the target.

Help: You know, just like trying to hire a 'hit man', if you go asking people for 'explosives', you're going to meet cops. This idiot was allegedly well educated, but couldn't figure out how to make explosives for himself.

Cause: No cause helped whatsoever. Blowing random people and things up only pisses people off. You get on the news? You could get on the news in AMERICA any number of ways NOT involving carnage. Just open a fucking 'No Blood For Oil' organization, with OFFICES, and those self same offices will be routinely vandalized and attacked. You know, just troll retards and keep the moral high ground.

Will we get the update about the baby's actual condition? Little Alvero wasn't born with a heartbeat. It isn't clear how long mom was laying there with no pulse. Paramedics managed to get his heart started after they cut open his mom on the church floor. It has been roughly three days since the incident, and no update on his condition.

I hope for the best for the baby, but does having your mom's brains blown out while in church praying for your welfare count as a 'miracle'? Never mind (very likely) suffering brain damage in the process.